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I must admitt that I'm not completely comfortable with this Jamie Andreas fellow for a couple of reasons. Esp. the way some of his disciples are spamming guitar forums every couple of months. And I'm not comfortable with the way his messages are delivered and how he presents himself as a 'master' while, judging from a sample I heard, his own playing is mediocre at best.
He does have a point though, and a lot of what he writes about technique and practice makes a lot of sense. You just have to look through the glamourous presentation of his essays and find the essence of what he's trying to say. Still you need to be aware that there is nothing like absolute truth when it comes to learning an instrument. I no way am I trying to discourage you from using Andreas' book and essays to learn the guitar. But no matter what you may think of any teacher you always have to question his methods and judge for yourself if it serves you well or not. He might be spot on on one aspect of playing but only confusing you on others. So take everything with a grain of salt, try it out yourself and then make your own decisions.
As for this specific essay I slightly disagree. I think there is indeed something like 'what it feels like to play'. It's the moment you switch from being the player to being an interacting listener. You no longer focuss on placing a finger or plucking a string, you focuss on creating a sound. Like a conductor you only decide how you want the music to be played. It's hard to describe if you haven't reached this point yet, but a simple example: You play a fingerstyle piece and need to bring out the main melody. In an early stage of practicing this piece you'd analyze which of the notes you play belong to the main melody and you try to pluck these notes a little harder. But once you have mastered the technical aspect of a piece you can just think of the sound you want to create and your fingers will follow suit.
Like when you throw a ball you don't
think
about the way your arm moves. If you want to throw it as far as possible or hit a target or give it a little twist,
you make a mental image
of how you want that ball to fly and
then you just do it.
Just give it a try with a really simple short melody, maybe just four quarter notes. Play it over and over until your fingers are really comfortable with it. Then try to think of different ways of articulation. Play it loud, play it soft, emphazise every other note, slow it down, speed it up etc. See if you can step back and become the conductor who just listens and makes suggestions without really 'acting' himself.
I this sounds a bit weird try to imagine how often you have thrown something, picked something up or moved something around with your hands. If you have plucked your guitar as often as you've tied your shoe-laces you won't have to
think
about it either.
Anyway just keep playing.
Marcel
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